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That afternoon in Washington, Senators wept openly and a Congressional recess was declared. Same day Manhattan newspapers carried display advertising of a "new, faster Sky Chief," pictures of another TWAirliner which last week flew from Los Angeles to New York non-stop in 11 hr. 5 min., broke the transcontinental transport record by half an hour. First Douglas to crack up in the U. S., Sky Chief's misfortune seemed clearly due to weather, not construction...
...legislative pace-and somehow he was being held responsible (TIME, April 22). He realized that a crisis was at hand, for two spiced goblets threatened his legislative program: 1) the baseball season was scheduled to open that afternoon in Washington, and 2) members were agitating for a three-day recess over Good Friday...
Before he could get Deputies and Senators to go home for the eight-week Easter recess, Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin had to convince France last week that her money and her frontiers are safe...
...particular contributed to his prestige. This was his election in his sophomore year as conductor of the Pierian Sodality, the college musical society . . . . . As he grew older he found a keen enjoyment in charades and masquerade balls, spending weeks prior to his school vacations planning brave entertainments for the recess...
...yesterday's report it is stated that the policy of not checking up on the attendance of Juniors and Seniors before and after the Easter recess "does not apply to Freshman and Sophomores." Further confirmation of second-year men's Freshman-like status is found in the words of a previous statement: "the return of attendance (records) is to be no longer required in courses which are elected primarily by Juniors and Seniors...